HOMÓFONOS EN INGLÉS

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BIRTH, LABOUR OR LABOR

 Martha has asked the meaning of some words in relation with "BIRTH"

 

Birth, Labour                                        Parto

Labour travial                                        Dolores de parto

To labour or to travial                            Estar de parto

Parturient                                               Parturienta     

 Induced labor                                         Parto inducido

Caesarean birth                                      Nacimiento por cesárea   

 

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PHONETIC ENDINGS THIRD PERSON

UNDER THE WEATHER

Top definition

 

"Under the weather"

 

Feel sick

 poor heath

tired or exhausted 

 

"Oh please, don't ask me to cook today, I'm a bit under the weather.

 

 

under the weather

Feel sick, poor health, tired or exhausted.

"Oh pelase, don't ask me to cook today, I'm a bit under the weather"

 

ACRONYMS

ACRONYMS

WHO : World Health Organization

ILO : International Labor Organization

UNICEF : United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund

FAO : Food and agriculture Organization of the United Nations

CIA : Central Intelligence Agency

FBI : Federal Bureau of Investigation

OPEC : Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

DEA : Drug Enforcement Administration

NATO : North Atlantic Treaty Organization

 

 THE PERSEIDS

The stream of debris is called the Perseid cloud and stretches along the orbit of the comet Swift-Tuttle. The cloud consists of particles ejected by the comet as it travels on its 133-year orbit. Most of the particles have been part of the cloud for around a thousand years. However, there is also a relatively young filament of dust in the stream that was pulled off the comet in 1865, which can give an early mini-peak the day before the maximum shower. The dimensions of the cloud in the vicinity of the Earth are estimated to be approximately 0 astronomical units(AU) across and 0.8 AU along the Earth's orbit, spread out by annual interactions with the Earth's gravity.

The shower is visible from mid-July each year, with the peak in activity between 9 and 14 August, depending on the particular location of the stream. During the peak, the rate of meteors reaches 60 or more per hour. They can be seen all across the sky; however, because of the shower's radiant in the constellation of Perseus, the Perseids are primarily visible in the Northern Hemisphere. As with many meteor showers the visible rate is greatest in the pre-dawn hours, since more meteoroids are scooped up by the side of the Earth moving forward into the stream, corresponding to local times between midnight and noon, as can be seen in the accompanying diagram. While many meteors arrive between dawn and noon, they are usually not visible due to daylight. Some can also be seen before midnight, often grazing the Earth’s atmosphere to produce long bright trails and sometimes fireballs. Most Perseids burn up in the atmosphere while at heights above 80 kilometres (50 mi).

 

 

 

The Great Train Robbery, 1963

Late on Thursday 8 August 1963, a Travelling Post Office train left Glasgow for Euston. On board, staff sorted the mail and parcels prior to its arrival in London.

The second carriage from the front of the train was a High Value Package carriage, where registered mail was sorted. Much of this consisted of cash. Usually the value of these items would have been in the region of £300,000 but, because there had been a Bank Holiday weekend in Scotland the total on the day of the robbery was £2.3 million (about £30 million today).

The wrong signal

The train passed Leighton Buzzard at about 3am on 8 August 1963, and moments  later the driver, Jack Mills saw a red signal ahead at a place called Sears Crossing.

The signal was false. A glove had been stuffed onto the proper signal and the red light was activated by attaching it to a six volt battery. When Mills stopped, his co-driver David Whitby climbed out of the diesel engine to ring the signalman to ascertain the problem.

He discovered that the cables from the line-side phone had been cut and as he turned to return to his train he was attacked and thrown down the steep railway embankment.

Meanwhile, a masked man climbed into the train cab and coshed the driver around the head rendering him unconscious. Meanwhile, other robbers uncoupled most of the carriages, leaving on the engine and the first two carriages containing the high-value property.

The steep embankments at Sears crossing were unpractical for removing the loot from the train but the gang had planned to drive the train a mile further to Bridego Bridge. Here, Land Rovers were waiting to transport the cash to a nearby hideout.

Soon the well-planned heist encountered a problem. One of the gang had spent months befriending railway staff on the pretence of being a railway enthusiast. He had been allowed rides in the cabs of trains and had even been permitted to drive a few trains.

His part in the robbery was to drive the train to the rendezvous point but as he climbed into the cab of the train he realised that this huge diesel train was far more complicated than the local trains he had previously travelled in. One of the gang, Ronnie Biggs, had to rouse the driver to continue the journey.

In the front two carriages, frightened Post Office staff were pushed to one end by some of the fifteen strong gang – but, in the remaining ten carriages left at Sears Crossing, staff did not even realise anything had happened.

A human chain of robbers 

At Bridego Bridge a human chain of robbers removed 120 sacks containing two-and-a-half-tons of money. The robbery was well organised and swift. Before leaving, one of the gang ordered Post Office staff to stay still for 30 minutes before contacting the police. This gave the investigators an important clue, they suspected that the gang had a hideout within a 30 minute drive of the scene.

This was indeed the case. An old farmhouse in Oakley Buckinghamshire, Letherslade Farm, had been rented and during the next few days the jubilant gang shared out the cash. They even played Monopoly using real money.

A huge police investigation was launched, run by the Flying Squad at Scotland Yard and senior detectives from the Buckinghamshire Police. The officer in overall command was Detective Chief Superintendent Jack Slipper.

British Transport Police had a small role to play in the investigation, mainly conducting enquiries, obtaining lists of staff and suspects. 

Back at the farm, the gang were becoming spooked by low flying RAF aircraft who were actually on training runs and nothing to do with the manhunt that had now been established. They split the money which was mainly in used £1 and £5 notes (Biggs was to receive £147,000) and left the scene immediately rather than ‘lying low’ for several weeks as they had planned.

A nearby resident became suspicious of the comings and goings at the farm and advised the police. PC John Wooley responded to the report and found large amounts of abandoned food and provisions. Sleeping bags and bedding had been left in upstairs rooms and in the cellar, bank note wrappers, post office sacks and registered mail packages.

Fingerprints on the Monopoly board

A thorough examination found several fingerprints including some on the Monopoly board and others on a ketchup bottle. These fingerprints and other enquiries led to the offenders and one by one they were arrested. BTP headquarters at Park Royal in north London was regularly updated of the progress of the investigation and the Chief Constable was sent supplementary crime reports giving the names and details of those involved.

They all eventually appeared in court. The mastermind of the operation, Bruce Reynolds took five years to track down but received ten years imprisonment. Ronnie Biggs received 30 years but escaped from Wandsworth prison in a furniture van only 15 months later. His flight to Brazil (via Spain and Australia) and subsequent return to the UK in May 2001 have been well documented.

The verdict 

The gang received a total of 307 years imprisonment. Despite the huge amount of money stolen none of the thieves were able to live happily on their ill-gotten gains. Buster Edwards ended up running a flower stall at Waterloo station. He received a lot of publicity in 1988 when Phil Collins played him in the film Buster. He took his own life in the late 1990s. James Hussey and Thomas Wisbey were convicted in 1989 for trafficking drugs, while Charles Wilson was shot and killed in Spain.

It must be said that the Great Train Robbery was brilliantly planned and executed. Apart from the attack on the train driver it was non-violent and no firearms were used. The raiders managed to steal much more money than they had planned and perhaps it was the greed in sharing all the money out which led to them being careless and leaving so many fingerprints behind, sealing their own fate.

 

PREPPERS

PREPPERS

Someone who believes that a war or a disaster will happen soon and who learns skills and collects food and equipment, in order to be ready for it.

RSS

RSS

RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing web content. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicate their content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.

RSS es una forma muy sencilla para que puedas recibir, directamente en tu ordenador o en una página web online (a través de un lector RSS) información actualizada sobre tus páginas web favoritas, sin necesidad de que tengas que visitarlas una a una.

GRAMMARLY. WRITING CORRECTION.

GRAMMARLY

Aplicación que ayuda a escribir correctamente en inglés.

https://www.grammarly.com/grammar-check

SILENT LETTERS

SILENT LETTERS

THUNDER MOON

THUNDER MOON

The July full moon, also known as the "Buck Moon" or "Thunder Moon," occurs just after midnight on Sunday (July 5), with the moon reaching full phase at 12:44 a.m. EDT (0444 GMT). A penumbral lunar eclipse starts just 14 minutes earlier, according to Nasa skycal, and the moon will be within a few degrees of Jupiter, the largest planet. 

The subtle eclipse will be visible to observers from western Europe, Africa, most of North America, all of South America, and as far west as New Zealand. In parts of Africa and Europe the eclipse will occur at moonset, whereas in the westernmost regions such as New Zealand and Hawaii it will occur at moonrise. In the Americas the eclipse will be visible towards the middle of the night when the moon is highest in the sky, though this will vary with longitude. 

A lunar eclipse occurs when the moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the sun and passes through Earth's shadow. A penumbral eclipse is one in which the moon doesn't reach the darker part of the Earth's shadow; if you were standing on the moon you would see the Earth only partially eclipse the sun. Instead of getting completely dark, as during some partial and all total eclipses, the moon dims and sometimes looks a little bit more brown-gray than the usual white. In this case the moon will be approximately half-covered by the penumbra at maximum eclipse. 

PRONUNCIATION OF THE WORD "MATTER"

MATTER

THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKING

These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" is a hit song written by Lee Hazlewood and recorded by Nancy Sinatra. It charted on January 22, 1966,and reached No. 1 in the United States Billboard Hot 100 and in the UK Singles Chart.

Subsequently, many cover versions of the song have been released in a range of styles: metal, pop, rock, punk rock, country, dance, and industrial. Among the more notable versions are the singles released by Megadeth, Billy Ray Cyrus and Jessica Simpson.

Lee Hazlewood intended to record the song himself, saying that "it's not really a girl's song", but Sinatra talked him out of it, saying that "coming from a guy it was harsh and abusive, but was perfect for a little girl to sing". Hazlewood agreed. Sinatra's recording of the song was made with hislOrchestra.

NUMBER e

NUMBER e

The number e (Euler number) is a mathematical constant approximately equal to 2.71828 and is the base of the natural logarithm: the unique number whose natural logarithm is equal to one. It is the limit of (1 + 1/n)ⁿ as n approaches infinity, an expression that arises in the study of compound interest.

FRASES CON GET

FRASES CON GET

GET TIRED                         CANSARSE

GET NERVOUS                  PONERSE NERVIOSO

GET CONFUSED               CONFUNDIRSE

GET SICK                           ENFERMARSE

GET WELL                         MEJORARSE

GET BETTER                     MEJORARSE

GET WORSE                      EMPEORAR

  

                                         

DIFERENCIA ENTRE MEET Y KNOW

DIFERENCIA ENTRE MEET Y KNOW

HAPPY EASTER

 

QR CODE

QR CODE

It is an array of black and white squares. Typically used for storing URL or other informationfor reading by the smart phone.

QR CODE means: "Quick response Code"


                                    

MAUNDY THURSDAY

Me ha preguntado Graciela la traducción de "Jueves Santo"

MAUNDY THURSDAY

Maundy Thursday commemorates Jesus Christ's institution of the Eucharist during the Last Supper, which is described in the Christian bible. Maundy Thursday remembers Jesus Christ's institution of the Eucharist during the Last Supper.

MAUNDY THURSDAY es la traducción de Jueves Santo

POSSITIVE THINKING

POSSITIVE THINKING

If you get "NO" as an answer, remember "NO" means "Next opprotunity"

CORONA VIRUS' VOCABULARY

CORONA VIRUS' VOCABULARY

Vocabulario médico relacionado con el coronavirus:

• Asymptomatic:: asintomático
• Ache : dolor
• Antibiotics : antibióticos
• Benign: benigno
• Body: cuerpo
• Breast: pecho
• Breathing: respiración
• Breathing difficulties: dificultades respiratorias
• Capacity: capacidad
• Care: cuidado
• Carrier:  portador
• Chemist’s / Pharmacy: farmacia
• Congenital: congénito
• Confinement: confinement / enclouser
• Contagious: contagioso o infeccioso
• Contact tracing:  rastreo de contactos
• Constipation: constipación
• Coronary: coronario/a
• Cough: tos
• COVID-19: CoronaVurus Disease
• Dehydrated : deshidratado
• Density: densidad
• Diagnosis: diagnóstico
• Diagnose: diagnosticar
• Diarrhea: diarrea
• Diet: dieta
• Digestive: digestivo
• Disease: enfermedad
• Disorder: trastorno
• Dose: dosis
• Droplet: gota
• Drugs: medicamentos
• Emergency: emergencia
• Energy: energía
• Fatality: fatalidad, tasa de mortalidad
• Feces: heces
• Fever: fiebre
• Flu: gripe
• Fluids: fluidos
• GP (General Practicioner): médico de cabecera
• Gastrointestinal: gastrointestinal
• Guts / intestines: tripas
• Heal: sanar
• Health: salud
• Healthy: saludable
• Heart: corazón
• Illness: enfermedad
• Incubation period: periodo de incubación
• Infection: infección
• Injection: inyección
• Inmunity: inmunidad
• Isolation: aislamiento
• Lump: bulto
• Lungs: pulmones
• Medicine: medicina
• Muscles: músculos
• Muscular: muscular
• Numb: adormecido, que no sientes nada
• Nurse: enfermero
• Oral: bucal
• Organs: órganos
• Organic: orgánico
• Outbreak, break out: brote, estallar
• Pain: dolor
• Pain killer: calmante, analgésico
• Pandemic: pandemia
• Patient: paciente
• PCR test: prueba PCR
• Phase: fase
• Pneumonia: neumonía
• Pregnancy: embarazo
• Prescription: receta médica
• Pressure: presión
• Protocol: protocolo
• Pulmonologist: neumólogo
• Quarantine: cuarentena
• Ribs: costillas
• Saliva: saliva
• Screening: revisión
• Secretion: secreción
• Side effects: efectos secundarios
• Sore: doloroso
• Surgery: consultorio médico
• Superspreader
• Swallow: tragar
• Swelling: inflamación
• System: sistema
• Symptoms: síntomas
• Temperature: fiebre, temperatura
• Test: examen
• Thermometer: termómetro
• Transmission: transmisión
• Treatment: tratamiento
• Vaccine: vacuna
• Virus: virus
• Vomit: vómito
• Zoonotic: zoonótico